Dye & Durham (DND) Competitors

Lightspeed Commerce (TSE:LSPD) and Dye & Durham (TSE:DND) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LSPD or DND?

Lightspeed Commerce received 150 more outperform votes than Dye & Durham when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.51% of users gave Lightspeed Commerce an outperform vote while only 51.61% of users gave Dye & Durham an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lightspeed Commerce	Outperform Votes 198 68.51%	Underperform Votes 91 31.49%
Dye & Durham	Outperform Votes 48 51.61%	Underperform Votes 45 48.39%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, LSPD or DND?

Lightspeed Commerce has higher revenue and earnings than Dye & Durham. Lightspeed Commerce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dye & Durham, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lightspeed Commerce	C$966.28M	3.31	-C$150.27M	-C$1.34	-15.77
Dye & Durham	C$457.70M	2.31	-C$174.98M	-C$2.93	-5.40

Is LSPD or DND more profitable?

Lightspeed Commerce has a net margin of -15.55% compared to Dye & Durham's net margin of -38.23%. Lightspeed Commerce's return on equity of -6.24% beat Dye & Durham's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lightspeed Commerce	-15.55%	-6.24%	-3.79%
Dye & Durham	-38.23%	-42.91%	1.78%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of LSPD or DND?

62.8% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.6% of Dye & Durham shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.6% of Dye & Durham shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, LSPD or DND?

Lightspeed Commerce has a beta of 2.69, indicating that its share price is 169% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dye & Durham has a beta of 2.09, indicating that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate LSPD or DND?

Lightspeed Commerce currently has a consensus target price of C$29.90, suggesting a potential upside of 41.50%. Dye & Durham has a consensus target price of C$24.71, suggesting a potential upside of 56.12%. Given Dye & Durham's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dye & Durham is more favorable than Lightspeed Commerce.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lightspeed Commerce	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Dye & Durham	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor LSPD or DND?

In the previous week, Lightspeed Commerce and Lightspeed Commerce both had 1 articles in the media. Dye & Durham's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Lightspeed Commerce's score of 0.38 indicating that Dye & Durham is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lightspeed Commerce	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Dye & Durham	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Lightspeed Commerce beats Dye & Durham on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.